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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *mólu
Meaning: ridge, corner
Russian meaning: конек (крыши), угол
Turkic: *bul-
Tungus-Manchu: *mulu
Korean: *mằrằ
Japanese: *múná-i
Comments: Lee 1958, 115 (Kor.-TM), Whitman 1985, 183, 237 (Kor.-Jpn.). Despite SKE 139, hardly a loan in Manchu from Kor. In Jpn. we have to assume *múná < *mura-n (cf. Turk. buluŋ); in Turkic - a secondary narrowing (*buluŋ < *boluŋ).
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *bul-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 corner, angle 2 direction
Russian meaning: 1 угол 2 направление, сторона света
Old Turkic: buluŋ 2 (Orkh., OUygh.)
Karakhanid: buluŋ 1 (MK)
Tatar: bolɨn 'meadow'
Middle Turkic: OKypch. buluŋ 1 (CCum.)
Uighur: buluŋ 1
Khakassian: puluŋ 1
Yakut: buluŋ 1
Tuva: buluŋ 1
Tofalar: buluŋ 1
Kirghiz: buluŋ 1
Kazakh: bulɨq 'edge'
Bashkir: bolon 1
Comments: VEWT 88, EDT 343, ЭСТЯ 2, 261-262. Turk. > Mong. buluŋ (see Clark 1977, 133, Щербак 1997, 110), whence Evk. bolon (Doerfer MT 125).
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *mulu
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 ridge of roof 2 bench
Russian meaning: 1 матица, конек (крыши) 2 скамья
Negidal: mulu 1
Spoken Manchu: mulǝ, mulu 'ridge, ridgepole' (462)
Literary Manchu: mulu 1, mulan 2
Jurchen: mul-an (239) 2
Nanai: mulu 1
Comments: ТМС 1, 554, 555.
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *mằrằ
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: ridge (of roof)
Russian meaning: конек (крыши)
Modern Korean: maru
Middle Korean: mằrằ, măr
Comments: Nam 195, Liu 285, 289, KED 561.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *múná-i
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: ridge (of roof)
Russian meaning: конек (крыши)
Old Japanese: mune
Middle Japanese: múné
Tokyo: muné
Kyoto: múné
Kagoshima: múne
Comments: JLTT 488. The Tokyo accent is irregular (mùne would be expected).
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